#408CD7#408CD7

#408CD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.136 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#408CD7
RGB	rgb(64, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(210, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 1.02, -45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 45.23, 271.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0451 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.136 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7536, 24.7499, 67.8021)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#408CD7 #D78B40

analogous

#40D7D6 #408CD7 #4041D7

triadic

#408CD7 #D7408C #8CD740

tetradic

#408CD7 #D640D7 #D78B40 #41D740

square

#408CD7 #D640D7 #D78B40 #41D740

split-complementary

#408CD7 #D74041 #D7D640

monochromatic

#1B4F81 #266DB4 #408CD7 #73AAE2 #A5C9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#408CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#408CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #408CD7

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##408CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##408CD7	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A90DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5482D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #408cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.136 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86ade3',
    500: '#408cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #408cd7;
$custom-light: #86ade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#408cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.801,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62721,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#408CD7

secondary

#D9B99A

accent

#933FE8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #408CD7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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